Process by which plants make food

Gooey mixture of water, sugar, and other chemicals that travel throughout the plant

“Little mouths” on the bottom side of every leaf

Living things which cannot make their own food and must eat other living things

Green substance in leaves that make it possible for the plant to

do photosynthesis

Tiny structures which open and close the stomata

The stomata release oxygen and excess water from the leaves; this process is called

plants that lose their leaves in the fall.

If a leaf can no longer get ______________, it no longer makes chlorophyll and begins to change color.

Terms like “entire,” “serrate,” “dentate,” “crenate,” and “undulate” describe different types of

leaf ___________________.

Terms like “linear,” “elliptical,” “oval,” “deltoid,” and “lobed” describe different types of leaf

______________.

Terms like “parallel,” “pinnate,” and “palmate” refer to a leaf’s

True or False

Maple syrup is actually made from the sap of maple trees.

True or False

When trees lose their leaves in the fall, it helps them to avoid losing too much water during the winter, when it may be hard for the roots to get enough water.

True or False

Simple leaves are attached to the stem by two or more petioles.

True or False

Compound leaves have several leaflets attached to the petiole.

True or False

A plant experiment testing the effect of light on plants needs to have at least two

plants: one that is the “standard” plant which gets light like normal (the control) and one which receives the variable light.

True or False

In the word “photosynthesis,” “photo” means “water” and “synthesis” means “to take apart.”

True or False

Plants take in carbon dioxide to make food, and they release oxygen into the air.

True or False

Plants make the air cleaner.

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